Financial Fundamentals: 5 things you should know about Social Security

5:15 PM,
Nov. 15, 2013

Financial Fundamentals columnist Diana DeCharles

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Diana DeCharles
Financial Fundamentals

In his opinion of the Supreme Court's 1937 decision to uphold the legality of the Social Security Act, Justice Benjamin Cardozo stated, "The hope behind this statute is to save men and women from the rigors or the poorhouse, as well as from the haunting fear that such a lot waits them when journey's end is near." As the debate over the future of Social Security and other "entitlement" programs heat up, many future retirees are worried about their journey's end.